Melissa Perchellet, M.D.

Professional Background

Melissa Perchellet MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the division of Addiction Psychiatry. She has been a member of the University of Kansas Medical Center faculty since July 2026.

Dr. Perchellet completed additional subspecialty training with a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry from 2025 - 2026 after working as a General Psychiatrist in North Kansas City for almost 15 years. She was born and raised in Kansas. She attended Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia graduating cum laude with a degree in Chemistry and working in science related fields for several years prior to medical school. Dr. Perchellet graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle in 2006. She served as chief resident at the Kansas City Veterans Hospital in 2010 as part of her psychiatry residency at KU from 2006-2010.

Research

Overview

Dr. Perchellet has participated in National Institute on Drug Abuse sponsored research into treatments for methamphetamine addiction and a scoping review of buprenorphine for pain in sickle cell anemia. She believes in the bio-psycho-social model of substance use disorder conditions and works with patients to apply the evidence-based treatments that may bring relief.